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• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:29:49 -0600
  ...if you have low pressure at speed (or know that you have adequate pressure). But stock, both connect to the light. Sometimes people who...
• 84 turn signal problem
  Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:48:09 -0400
  Thank you for making me look further into this weird turn signal light problem. As you recall when I put on my drivers side...
• Re: highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:33:41 -0400
  ...Bob, you could put a small star in those VW low-beams, and the light still ain't going in the right place. It...
• Re: what causes low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 06:38:01 -0500
  Is the light coming on or are you getting the light and buzzer? If only the light, than you may have a bad switch...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:28:51 -0500
  The high beam indicator remaining on with either the hi or low beams selected with no light output indicates a ground problem. It is...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:26:57 -0800
  ...http://www.dimebank.com/Light-up.html Some thoughts on rear fog lights include rewiring the pitiful excuses for reversing (back-up) lights to...
• Cooling temp light flashing...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:52:46 -0700
  ...Whilst driving through downtown San Francisco today, my coolant light began flashing and stayed flashing until I reached my destination. Driving was stop and...
• Re: Color suggestion!
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:58:47 -0400
  ...almost finish fixing the lower sliding door and some little rust spot. > The upper colcor is off white (light Cream), am looking to change...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:05:03 PDT
  The stock high beams are fine--it's the low beams that are bad. Take a look at the headlights and see if they...
• Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:29:25 -0400
  ...pulling my hair out wiring in a low coolant level sensor. Got it > all in, but light just blinks. > > Though the '85 WBX gauge...
• Re: New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:34:09 -0800
  ...noticed a low pressure reading on a gauge in time to save the engine? No way. A suddenly blinking red light, yes. I drove...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:52:52 -0600
  The lights in my 88 GL don't work that way. One way the outer lights come on as dims, the inner lights are...
• Re: tricky lighting problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:43:10 +1300
  ...Could this be >a relay problem? >Darren >Lowell MI Sounds to me like a bad ground somewhere. Bad grounds in lighting circuits can make...
• oil gauges
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:07:54 -0700
  ...a low limit for the warning light. The warning light changed the entire face of the gauge to Red with an LED light-hard...
• Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:27:53 -0500
  ...dhanson928@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > OK, I agree that the low coolant lights on Vanagons are good things, > > like many have pointed out...they...
• fog light wiring ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:00:10 -0600
  ...time adding some PIAA fog lights. I guess I would like the fogs to come on with the low beams, and the pencil beams...
• Flashing Coolant Light
  Historical mailing list - Russell Talbot
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 06:56:32 -0500
  ...Am I correct in thinking that the flashing light is supposed to register low coolant? Any suggestions as to what I should do or...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:32:43 +0000
  ...My question is, can there be a problem with low oil pressure if the light stays off at low RPM?� From what I've...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:47:13 -0500
  How well is the engine idling? A lower than normal idle speed will bring on the low oil pressure light. There is a big...
• Re: Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:09:35 -0400
  ...are with your blinking light. An > occasional blink at idle after a hard run indicates a bad switch or low oil > pressure issue. Intermittent...
• Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:57:35 -0700
  ...Very low draw. claims 5 milliamps. I believe these are the best light technology for the lowest draw on the battery you can buy...
• Re: Flashing Coolant Light
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:38:13 -0700
  ...Am I correct in thinking that the flashing light is supposed to > >register > >low coolant? Any suggestions as to what I should do or...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:05:07 -0500
  ...Point to or send a diagram for how the relays are wired? >have no lights, no brights, no low beam, nothing. The high beam...
• Blinking coolant light woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Feb 2017 23:08:34 +0000
  I've recently had my share of problems with a blinking coolant light. I have done everything I could think of to do: 1...
• another tire ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fedor
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 23:45:45 EDT
  I have a Bridgestone Light truck tire on the front with a load rating of 1500lbs. On the rear I have a Cooper lower...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:17:51 -0500
  Tim Demarest wrote: <snip> if only we all knew how to flash our lights in morse code. <snip> LOL ... If everyone drove Vanagons, there...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:08:34 -0800
  ...lights on there is SIGNIFICANTLY more light than running the SA driving lights on w/ the low beams on. so its not the light...
• Re: 84 coolant light.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:20:49 -0400
  ...On an '84 the coolant level control module should be connected so that low coolant both turns on the light and pegs the gauge...
• third brake light delight
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:59:17 -0800
  ...Our brake lights are so low that those cars following close behind may not always see us stopping. As I see it a 3rd...
• Re: Camp lights alternative
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:56:22 -0500
  ...Here it is - a salt/ seawater lighting system! > > http://www.gizmag.com/salt-sustainable-alternative-lighting-lamp-saltwater/38626/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm...
• Temp Guage problem
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:02:43 -0700
  ...Now I get no blinking light (and my coolant WAS low), no temperature reading at all, no blinking light at startup either. What, other...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:45:43 -0700
  ...I think this may be a ground > issue. > In the past, my temperature read lower than it was when tbe connection > was loose at...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:39:16 -0700
  ...be 2% lower.� 10m is 1000cm and 2% of 1000 is 20, so 20cm lower than the center of your lights.� Other than that...
• Re: What does the cooling light mean?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:16:20 -0600
  Is your coolant low in the main tank? Are your grounds clean? Have you tried popping the instrument shroud and pressing the foil on...
• Re: Oil Pressure System Confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 11:06:16 -0700
  ...So if I get this right for true low pressure the light will > come on at low RPM and the light and buzzer at...
• Re: What does my battery light mean
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:33:48 -0700
  ...Does the battery light mena that the battery is low, > > that the alternator is charging, or that that alternator needs to be > > charging? > > > > > > > Alt...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 22 May 2016 22:56:28 -0600
  ...run Sylvania SilverStarUltra in the LowBeams & Sylvania SilverStar In the Highs & have Relays + CloseGrounds ~ Lots of QuiteNice Light ~ ORR ~ DeanB On 22 May , 2016...
• Re: Hella Headlights and Such
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:56:35 EST
  ...After some extensive research, it is MHO that the E-code Hellas are superior in light distribution to the Vision Plus - especially on low...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 22 May 2016 23:29:12 -0500
  ...daytime running lights. >> >> Does anyone have any references how the DRL's are wired? It does seem to >> not run the low beam filament...
• Re: Temp Gauge High on Startup + Blinking Light
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 6 May 2011 18:42:48 -0600
  ...If your coolant is low, you may have a leak somewhere in the system. bob
• Re: Headlight wiring problem
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:33:25 -0400
  >>My driver's side low-beam and parking light have ceased to function. >>The high-beam and turn signal still work. >> >Did you check...
• Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:25:14 +1200
  ...It is just the >low beams that give me problems. thanks gary These are NOT gas-discharge ("plasma") lights; they are ordinary 12V QH...
• Re: Q: Interior light bulb sizes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:44:23 -0700
  ...for bright interior lighting*) then them Koreans are holding back on the good lamps. * For low-level "romantic camping" lighting we have a couple...
• Re: LED bulb source to replace original halogen kitchen light?
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Fri, 13 May 2016 17:37:00 -0400
  ...Super bright and very low power consumption. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-12V-Car-48-SMD-White-LED-Light-Panel-T10-Festoon-= Ba9s...
• alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:11:12 -0700
  ...alt light at high RPMS my ALT light and OXS light is coming on at high rpms and sometimes lower flickers or solid. voltage...
• Re: Upgrading Projectzwo Bulbs to 100w and/or Yellow
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:47:01 -0500
  ...factory fog light switch has two positions, I thought > this > might have something to do with being turned on with/without low > beams... > however...
• Re: Bliking coolant light and back firing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:56:41 -0400
  ...on the low coolant (false) >condition and causing the back firing? No, nobody cares about low coolant except the blinking light which actually cares...
• Re: Reflective Tape NHTSA Study link
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:37:23 -0700
  ...but this seems to be one of many possible answers to the 'to dim, to low' problem with the rear lights on our Vanagons.
• Re: Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:17:20 -0700
  ...I'm hoping that the 0.25 bar switch would fix the low idle idiot light problem. The engine has 145k on it so...
• Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 22 May 2016 21:19:35 -0600
  ...daytime running lights. Does anyone have any references how the DRL's are wired? It does seem to not run the low beam filament...
• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:16:07 -0700
  ...The red light just means the heater is on and when the ambient inside cabin temp gets low enough, the green/start light comes...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade: New Circuit and Switch?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:44:58 -0800
  Both high and low are normally supplied by that same #12 white/black wire. The #16 red wire is for a different purpose, the...
• Re: oil idiot light wierdness
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:40:57 PST
  ...it was just a flashing light look at the condition of the wire coming out of the low pressure sensor, possibly melted by exhaust...
• Re: Late night - blinking light
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 08:20:24 -0700
  At 9/6/2009 12:39 AM, John Rodgers wrote: >I've got a coolant level sensor light that comes on at startup (as...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:48:57 PST
  ...The light will blink when the coolant in the MAIN coolant tank (the one you have to take the engine cover off to see...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:44:09 -0500
  ...It reacts with a warning light when pressure drops below about 3 psi at low rpm, and with a warning light and buzzer when...
• Worn Alternator Brushes
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 22 May 2002 20:08:44 -0400
  My brake light keeps coming on at low revs... and I am thinking the alternator brushes may be worn. What is the procedure ton...
• Re: oil light question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:30:59 -0500
  ...When I lower the engine speed back down, sometimes it will start blinking again, sometimes the light will stay off. > I am pretty sure...
• Blinking Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:13:03 -0700
  ...Driving home from a VW event Sunday I suddenly had a flickering oil light while cruising at about 50 mph. No buzzer. Came and...
• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:48:10 -0400
  ...When it's very cold, > the > green light on the right comes on at the lowest thermostat setting but when > it's not so...